Pass rate
87.4%
Above average — 0.5 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 246 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£79
2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 53,066 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
34.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 89.8% pass
- Avoid 2023 82.4% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 7.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.8%
- Typical mileage
- 53k mi
The 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace MOT pass rate is 87.4% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 34.0% of everything recorded on the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace, against 19.8% nationally — 14.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 34.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Based on a small sample. 246 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 0.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.8%. The median 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace in this dataset had covered 53,066 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.6% of the time, April–September 82.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction", noted on 3.66% of tests.
- 246 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.4% overall pass rate, 85.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace, the average is 87.5% — best year 2021 (89.8%), worst 2023 (82.4%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 246
- Typical mileage (median)
- 53,066 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tiguan Allspace MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tiguan Allspace
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 46 | 87.0% |
| West Midlands | 34 | 79.4% |
| East of England | 34 | 88.2% |
| Yorkshire | 32 | 90.6% |
| South West | 22 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 22 | 72.7% |
| North West | 21 | 90.5% |
| London | 16 | 100.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2018 Tiguan Allspace
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2018 Tiguan Allspace
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 3.7% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 2.4% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 1.2% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2018 Tiguan Allspace through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£79 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£79
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 246 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Tiguan Allspace, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2018 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.4% to 89.8% — a spread of 7.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2018 87.4%malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2019 87.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 89.8% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2022 85.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 82.4% wipers does not clear the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2018 cars with a similar record
- Renault Captur 87.4%
- Audi A5 87.4%
- Ford Galaxy 87.4%
- BMW X2 XDRIVE20D 87.4%
- Vauxhall Astra 87.5%
- Ford C-Max 87.5%
Closest pass rates among 2018 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 250 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 85 | 34.00% | 20.89% | +13.11 |
| Tyres | 85 | 34.00% | 19.76% | +14.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 25 | 10.00% | 4.18% | +5.82 |
| Suspension | 19 | 7.60% | 20.98% | −13.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Visibility | 10 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 2.40% | 12.21% | −9.81 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.7% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 1.2% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.81% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.81% | £25–65 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.81% | £45–95 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by more than 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.81% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 0.41% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 17.5% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.9% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 20 | 95.0% | 24,328 mi |
| 30-60k | 136 | 86.8% | 46,364 mi |
| 60-90k | 75 | 85.3% | 72,798 mi |
| 90-120k | 14 | 92.9% | 101,138 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 127,733 mi |
Source: 246 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2018 Tiguan Allspace MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace?
87.4% of the 246 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 85.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace?
The three most recorded items are malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.66%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.44%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.63%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace in this dataset had covered 53,066 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.